How many places are in the Domesday Book for Cheshire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 408 settlements in Cheshire. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Cheshire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Cheshire appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Cheshire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 408 Cheshire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Cheshire

Cheshire

408 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Cheshire has 408 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

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D13 places

Dalton Danfrond Davenham Davenport [West] Derby Dincolyn Dodleston Downholland Duckington Dunham [Massey]Dunham [on the Hill]Dutton Dyserth

E10 places

Eanley Eastham Eaton Eccleston Eddisbury Edge Edritone Elton Erbistock Eyton

F4 places

Farndon Formby Frith Frodsham

G15 places

Gawsworth Gayton Gellilyfdy Golborne Golden Grove Golftyn Goostrey Grappenhall Greasby Greenfield Gresford Gronant Gwaunysgor Gwesbyr Gwysaney

I3 places

Iddinshall Ince Ince [Blundell]

K8 places

Kelston Kermincham Kinderton Kingsley Kirkby Kirkdale Knowsley Knutsford

N15 places

Nantwich Ness [Great] Neston [Little] Neston Netherleigh Newbold [Astbury]Newton Newton [by Chester]Newton [le Willows]Noctorum Norbury Norbury Northenden Northwich Norton

O6 places

Occleston Ollerton Oulton Over Overleigh Overton

P15 places

Peckforton Pen-Y-Gors Pendleton Pentre [Higher and Lower] Penwortham [Nether and Over] Peover Picton Picton Poole Poulton Poulton [Lancelyn]Prenton Prestatyn Puddington Pulford

R16 places

Raby Radcliffe Radenoure Radington Rahop Redcliff Rhos Ithel Rhuddlan Rhyd Orddwy Roby Rochdale [North] Rode [Odd] Rode Romiley Rostherne Rushton

U2 places

Upton [by Chester]Upton

Y1 place

Ysceifiog

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